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A symbol of growth and a catalyst for more investment in the area was the vision for the Heartwood neighborhood in East Gainesville.
Read More »Heartwood Neighborhood Is Ready For Residents. Here’s How To Apply
After 10 Years, Gainesville’s Heartwood Subdivision Completes First Home
The program provides financing options for 11 of the 34 homes in the neighborhood, with the intent of making it a mixed-income neighborhood.
Read More »Gainesville City Commission Election Results: Incumbent Gail Johnson Reelected, Gigi Simmons Defeated
Desmon Duncan-Walker will represent District 1 beginning later this spring.
Read More »Gainesville Resident Melia Speed Spotlights Local Black Leaders
Speed notes that people tend to focus on people like Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, but she wants to showcase people in Gainesville and Alachua County who also accomplished greatness.
Read More »‘It’s Too Early To Tell’: Alachua County Seeks State Funds For Sports Complex
Celebration Pointe's owner introduces a bill to invest $2.5 million on a sports complex, speeding up the inauguration to October 2022.
Read More »Fact Check: Poe Delivers 2021 State Of The City Address
WUFT News fact checked some of the statements the city included in the address.
Read More »30 Years In The Making, Alachua County Fairgrounds Move From Gainesville To Newberry
Next month, the fairgrounds will complete their move from their previous location near the Gainesville Regional Airport to the Alachua County Agriculture and Equestrian Center, formerly known as the Canterbury Equestrian Showplace.
Read More »‘One of the Best Years of My Life’: New Gainesville Black-Owned Food Businesses Flourishing
2020 ushered in a wealth of promise for Black-owned food businesses across north central Florida.
Read More »President Paul Broadie II Recounts His First Year Leading Santa Fe College
One year later, Broadie reflects on what he’s learned from a year of adapting and the challenges that remain.
Read More »UF Health Organizes Free CPR Training Events To East Gainesville Residents
This initiative was inspired by a need to address the disparity in cardiac arrest among the East Gainesville community, which has been historically underserved.
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